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Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 07:22 PM quote: Young Jones takes to writing like a slinky on a staircase. (For fun it's a wonderful toy). He finds solace in the guidance of three mentors, magi from the east. They force young Jones to memorize Roget's Thesaurus and Strunk & White's The Elements of Style [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 07:25 PM quote: As a youth, Mr. Jones excelled in sports. [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 07:27 PM quote: Then came the peacetime draft... Mr. Jones left home to serve his country. [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 07:29 PM quote: It was a sad day at the Jones Family Homestead... ...there was weeping and gnashing of teeth. [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 07:33 PM quote: Stationed with a former patent clerk named Albert, Mr. Jones and his new co-worker tinkered with something called the Manhattan Project. This kind of work allowed Mr. Jones to flex his mind... ...and his muscles. [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 07:37 PM quote: Perspiration and Pepsodent paid off. Mr. Jones was promoted and assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff... [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 07:45 PM quote: With war declared, Mr. Jones saw his blossoming military career halted as the peacetime draftees were summarily dismissed. "Where will I go?" asked Jones. "Take the road less travelled, sweet britches," they quipped. "Which road is that?" "Follow the Roadside Attraction." [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 07:50 PM quote: Mr. Jones' homecoming was far from spectacular. They had locked him out of the house. "You don't want to come back here," they warned. "A magi must find his own path. Remember, when you eat; may the fork be with you." [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 08:11 PM quote: Mr. Jones reflected on the lessons of the magi and realized that he must return to the path, the place setting, which he was destined to fulfill: Fork on the left, fork on the left, fork on the left- the words Emily posted, echoed in his mind. As he walked the earth, Mr. Jones took up varied day jobs so that he might pen prose in the park at night. Fork on the left. He was a delivery driver for Pepperidge Farms because "Pepperidge Farms remembers." Then he tried his hand as a musician, working the Residence Inn Lounge Lizard circuit... He even tried the customer service industry... [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 08:12 PM quote: But nothing he tried seemed to work... [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 08:22 PM quote: ...nothing seemed to work except this- He found Mrs., Mrs. Jones, Mrs, Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones... [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 08:27 PM quote: Things were looking up for Mr. Jones... definitely. One day he stumbled across a contest in cyberspace... a million dollar contest... a contest for the ages... a screenwriting contest put on by three knyukleheads named Chris, Matt and Ben..." [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 08:32 PM quote: This was the break Mr. Jones needed. "If I could just get my foot(?) in the Hollywood door," he thought, "I could know the path of the magi, the path of twue Elmer Fudd enlightenment." Mr. Jones submitted his Adobe Acrobat 4.0 Formatted screenplay for the ages... [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 08:38 PM quote: The suspense brought on by the delayed announcement of the Top 250 drove Mr. Jones to strong drink... ...and singing Bob Dylan songs with a Plumbers' Quartet... [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 08:41 PM quote: With the news of making the Top 250 cut, Mr. Jones regained his appetite; and a good thing too, for he was off to make his bio video... [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 08:43 PM quote: Mr. Jones took great pains to make his PGL Bio Video the best by-product in this price range... [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 08:55 PM quote: The panel of judges chose the Top Thirty, viewing the 250 videos in a secure and secluded locale... ...the location known only to Shiela "kit" McLaughlin... ...and her sidekick/limo driver Pico Sepulveda (aka Shapely Stooge- Hollywood Agent for the Dead, aka Alfredo "Little Tito" Garcia)... [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 05-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 09:04 PM *May the FORK be with you...* IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 09:06 PM fork on the left, fork on the left... fork... ...on... ... ...the... ... ... ...left... IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 09:16 PM quote: The announcement of the PGL Top thirty left Mr. Jones speechless... and paralyzed... His mouth formed the "O" of surprise and... ...reconstructive jaw surgery was necessary... [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 09:22 PM quote: *Mr. Jones directs the scene and two actors in his 3 minute masterpiece: Stolen Firetruck...* [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 09:24 PM *fork on the left* IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 09:33 PM quote: Mr. Jones and nine others are announced as Top Ten Semi-finalists... X 2 [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 09:44 PM frog on the left... <...come on, Jones, concentrate... okay, I mean> fork on the left IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 10:02 PM quote: kit, once again, comes up with special accomodations for the judges as they read the Top Ten scripts.... The judges approach the scripts analytically and scientifically... ...and then try to agree on the best three... ...often resorting to friendly persuasion in influencing the undecided... ...scripts they would give their eye-teeth to get ahold of... [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 10:06 PM fork on the left IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 10:29 PM quote: Four boys and a brew announced... [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 10:41 PM *fork on the left* IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 10:45 PM The Party IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 10:46 PM *fork on the left* IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 10:47 PM The Interview IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 10:50 PM Two scripts get cut IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-07-2001 11:00 PM quote: Harvey and Bob hand Pete his million dollar check... "Go make us richer, kid..." "Gee, thanks, Mr. W., Mr. W.," Mr. Jones beams. "Don't mention it, kid." "I was just thinking-" "I said, Don't mention it." "But all I was going-" "My brother, Bob, means shut your hole. We'll see you at the premiere." [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-08-2001 08:15 PM quote: The Casting Call... To Mr. Jones' great pleasure, the actors turned out in droves. Ironically, the waiting room very much resembled the icon from Dante's depiction of Hell... the same Hell that Mr. Jones' protagonist endeavored to save an Hebrew from... [This message has been edited by Shapely Stooge (edited 04-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-08-2001 11:43 PM *Fork on the left* IP: Logged
critical_critic Member	posted 04-09-2001 06:25 AM Lovely, Mr. Stooge cc IP: Logged
cmfontenot Member	posted 04-09-2001 09:17 AM niagra falls! IP: Logged
Pete Jones Member	posted 04-09-2001 05:51 PM Outstanding. You ever thought about animation? IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-09-2001 08:15 PM quote: Originally posted by Pete Jones: Outstanding. You ever thought about animation? quote: Original response posted by Two Ducks in a Pond Quacking: Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Jones. And may I say the same for your screenplay: "Outstanding." I think in animation... or at least cartoons plague this middle-aged brain. Sometimes I wish I could change my channel. So are you offering a job as your storyboard consultant? Just kidding... ...are you? If you need a stooge, just have kit send for her limo and "Little Tito, the mambo instructor" will see to the largest or the least production need. Best Regards, -stooge IP: Logged
Shapely Stooge Member	posted 04-09-2001 08:31 PM quote: Originally posted by critical_critic: Lovely, Mr. Stooge cc quote: Original response posted by B. Koffer Rona: Thank you for the compliment, C_C... My posting endeavor is proof-positive of what can be done by a man with an I.Q. below a small appliance bulb who has far too much time on his hands... It's Not TV, It's HBO Regards, -stooge IP: Logged

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